L2 within-language morphological competition during spoken word recognition

Bilinguals recognize words with shared morphology and phonology cross-linguistically (i.e., cognates) faster than that do not have these characteristics. Moreover, higher phonological overlap in cognates enhances the effects, which suggests eases word recognition. However, it is currently unclear whether compete purely morphologically before spoken recognition within language proficiency L2 modulates degree of morphological competition. Spanish monolinguals English learners varying completed an auditory lexical decision task Spanish. Stimuli were sequences prior to a point (e.g., /mark/ /marko/) whose activated cohorts minimal pairs. Some pairs related huerto ‘vegetable patch’ versus huerta garden’), whereas some others had no relationship marco ‘frame’ marca ‘brand’). Results showed both groups processed solely competitors similar way as they did competitors. Taken together, findings suggest relatedness does modulate either L1 or when speakers listen absence context. In addition, architecture qualitatively native speakers.